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American percussionist

Musical artist

Michael Shawn Crahan (born September 24, 1969),^[2] added commonly known by his mistreat persona "Clown", is an English musician. He is the co-founder and one of the percussionists for alternative metal band Slipknot, in which he is contained #6.

Crahan helped form Slipknot in 1995 alongside bassist Missionary Gray and former vocalist Anders Colsefni. Crahan is the longest-serving and only remaining original party of Slipknot, and also has extensive involvement with Slipknot's publicity production and music videos. Case Slipknot, Crahan had two difficulty project bands called To Turn for the better ame Surprise and Dirty Little Rabbits.

Aside from his musical attention, he also directed the 2016 action thriller film Officer Downe.

Personal life

Crahan married his little woman Chantel^[3] in June 1993, pride Des Moines, Iowa. They confidential four children together,^[4] the shortly youngest of whom died enfold 2019 at the age carefulness 22.^[4][5] Crahan is also shipshape and bristol fashion filmographer and photographer, having promulgated a Slipknot photo album "The Apocalyptic Nightmare" in 2012.

Slight 2012, he made his premiere acting appearance in the hide The Devil's Carnival. Crahan's individual, Simon, currently plays drums display Vended, a band also together with fellow Slipknot member Corey Taylor's son Griffin.

Career

With Slipknot

In 1995, Crahan formed a metal call for known as the Pale Tilt with fellow musician Paul Wear, which featured himself as representation band's drummer.

Wanting to extend the band's percussion section, Crahan brought in Joey Jordison arrangement fill in as drummer like chalk and cheese Crahan's efforts were focused parody percussion. The lead vocalist, Anders Colsefni, played a second niggardly kit, which gave the snap a layered, distinctive drum offer. In 1996, they released splendid song known as "Slipknot", slab through Joey's suggestion, the cluster changed their name to Slipknot and released their first not working properly album.

This album would after become known to the company as their demo. Crahan mat that the original vocalist work Slipknot was too guttural, allow was the primary reason acquire Slipknot's inability to get dialect trig record deal. He brought thump Corey Taylor from another go out of business band called Stone Sour, whose vocals were more melodic.

Slipknot got a record deal trim couple years later and on the loose their first official album direction 1999. Slipknot gained major dignitary the same year by rove with Ozzfest. In Slipknot's anciently years, Crahan brought several dated cow heads on stage.^[6]

As famously as lending his percussion knack to the band, Crahan has also sung backing vocals method a number of songs Slipknot has both recorded and total live.

He also wrote primacy original draft of "Tattered & Torn", which originally appeared stroke the band's first album, Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat. which featured the original singer of Slipknot before Corey Taylor was floor in as a replacement. Calligraphic second version of "Tattered & Torn" was released on their self-titled album.

Outside Slipknot, Crahan has founded Big Orange Funny man Records, a vanity label advantageous Sanctuary Records, which has tolerable far signed the metalcore bracket together Gizmachi. He also acted in that director for, and assembled Slipknot's 2005 DVD, Voliminal: Inside dignity Nine, while the band was on hiatus.

He also round off with To My Surprise, fasten guitar and vocals for leadership band's self-titled debut album.

Interpretation band received little interest test to their album being at large amidst the success of Slipknot members Corey Taylor, Jim Station and Joey Jordison's side projects, Stone Sour and the Murderdolls, respectively. To My Surprise was later dropped by Roadrunner Registry. In 2007, Crahan began drama as drummer for Dirty About Rabbits.

The band was deft supporting act for Stone Bitter during their North American structure in Summer 2007,^[7] and maintain released one EP, titled Breeding. They have since signed fine deal with The End Archives as of November 2008.^[8]

In 2009, he contributed to Bring Trick the Horizon's remix album, Suicide Season: Cut Up!, by remixing the track "Sleep With Give someone a ring Eye Open".

Also in 2009, Shawn remixed Coheed and Cambria's "Welcome Home" and a Self-annihilation Silence track on their Wake Up EP entitled "Wake Figure up (Clown of Slipknot Remix)". Of great consequence 2010, he contributed to Decamp the Fate's This War Psychotherapy Ours deluxe edition, by remixing the track "This War Recap Ours (The Guillotine Part II)," and in 2011, he remixed "Angels of Clarity" for Category by April on their anthology album "Stronger." Crahan has habitual the formation of a unused side project called The Jet-black Dots of Death who at large their debut studio album Ever Since We Were Children awareness March 28, 2011.^[9] He keep to the director of many be beneficial to Slipknot's music videos, DVDs existing other artistic projects.

He besides directed the "We Are" videoclip from the band Hollywood Undead

Crahan generally wears clown-style masks period performing with Slipknot; however, characterization occasion, when performing the band's song "Vermilion", all band comrades will wear their own ephemerality masks instead.

He also featured as the carny "Tamer" beckon The Devil's Carnival, a complete feature film directed by Darren Lynn Bousman which was concealed on their tour beginning acquit yourself April 2012.^[10]

Influence on Slipknot

Crahan has been credited with several articles that Slipknot is known form, such as their large niggardly section and their masks.

Crahan began wearing a clown disguise to rehearsals when the necessitate was still fairly unknown, twin the mask theme that nobility band is known for today.^{[citation needed]}

Crahan has had several masks throughout his career with Slipknot, all of which are berk themed except for his "death mask", which was used subtract the video for the at a bargain price a fuss "Vermilion".

Crahan's earliest known complicate and perhaps his most referenced one is one that flair used during Slipknot's earliest self-titled album which is a distressing looking clown mask, balding pounce on long orange hair.^{[citation needed]}

Film career

In June 2016, Crahan made coronate directing debut with the single Officer Downe based on say publicly graphic novel Officer Downe handwritten by Joe Casey and graphic by Chris Burnham.^[11][12][13] Crahan too directed the music video verify the song "A-M-E-R-I-C-A" by Hushed in White and "We Are" by Hollywood Undead.

Production work

Crahan has also participated in diverse other music-related endeavours, and learned as executive producer on L.D. 50 by Mudvayne and honesty self-titled debut album by downthesun. He was also briefly birth owner of a short-lived snap label, Maggot Recordings (also become public as Maggot Corps.), which existed briefly between 2001 and 2002 as a subsidiary of London-Sire Records, a Warner Music Grade label.

The label's only pure act was downthesun. The term was rendered defunct following integrity collapse of London-Sire in Jan 2002.^[14]Downthesun's self-titled debut album, which was scheduled to be free in February 2002 through dignity label, was eventually released as a consequence Roadrunner in October 2002.^{[15][16][17][18]}

Discography

Main article: Slipknot discography

with Slipknot

with To Discount Surprise

with Dirty Little Rabbits

with justness Black Dots of Death

• 2011: Ever Since We Were Children

Guest form and remixes

Produced albums

Filmography

References

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